United Nations
A/RES/59/218
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 February 2005
Fifty-ninth session
Agenda item 39 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2004
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/59/479 and Corr.1)]
59/218. Assistance for humanitarian relief and the economic
and social rehabilitation of Somalia
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 47/160 of 18 December 1992 and subsequent relevant
resolutions, in particular resolutions 56/106 of 14 December 2001, 57/154 of
16 December 2002 and 58/115 of 17 December 2003,
Noting with serious concern that the current drought in some parts of Somalia
threatens the lives of Somali nomads as well as livestock,
Noting with grave concern the high mortality rate of over 80 per cent of
livestock in the worst-affected areas of the Sool, Sanaag and Togdheer plateaux of
Somalia and the high risk of starvation of Somali nomads,
Noting with serious concern the threat, as a result of this drought, of a serious
negative impact on the Somali economy, and in particular on the pastoral economy
and social support systems,
Underlining the urgent need for humanitarian assistance, relief and
reconstruction,
Noting the linkage between the search for peace and reconciliation and the
alleviation of the humanitarian crisis in Somalia,
Welcoming the continued focus of the United Nations, in partnership with civil
society at the grass-roots level, on programmes of assistance, including both
humanitarian and development approaches, taking into consideration the conditions
on the ground,
Recalling the statements by the President of the Security Council of
31 October 2001 1 and 28 March 2002, 2 by which the Council condemned attacks on
humanitarian personnel and called upon all parties in Somalia to respect fully the
security and safety of personnel of the United Nations, the International Committee
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S/PRST/2001/30; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1 January 2001-31 July 2002.
S/PRST/2002/8; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1 January 2001-31 July 2002.